Tua Obase Nadesh
Wolverhampton
Summary
Certified Product Owner and Delivery Lead with extensive experience in Agile methodologies. Skilled in defining product vision, managing backlogs, and translating user business needs into actionable user stories. Proven ability to collaborate and engage with stakeholders , prioritise features based on value and drives continuous improvement through iterative development . Strong communicator with keen focus on user experience, market trends and data driven decision making . Strong expertise in Quarterly planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, progress tracking, velocity measurement , bug tracking, incident resolution and release management. Adept at fostering collaboration across teams, ensuring timely delivery.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Owner/ Agile Delivery Manager
Bauer Media
01.2023 - Current
- Led the end-to-end performance, development, and support of digital products, ensuring consistent value delivery to users and business
- Owned and communicated the product vision and roadmap, aligning digital strategy with evolving business capabilities and goals
- Managed product backlog, set priorities, Ensured sprint readiness by conducting biweekly sprint activities, including backlog refinement and sprint planning, and established transparent goals, enabling effective planning and execution across teams
- Drove product discovery, early development of critical features and iterative development efforts to manage risks, resolves dependencies, control costs, mitigate technical constraint to maximise value .
- Engaged and aligned key stakeholders , including suppliers to strengthen product relevance and adoption ensuring alignment with evolving business needs and stakeholder input
- Promoted best practices in digital product management, benchmarking against industry standards and championing a culture of continuous improvement
- Oversaw release planning and execution, ensuring seamless coordination across multiple teams and environments.
- Fostered alignment between developers, QA, design, backend and customer success to ensure cohesive product development and go to market execution .
Product Owner
AND Digital
04.2022 - Current
- Defined and communicated product vision and strategy to align technology solutions with business goals
- Owned and continuously prioritized the product backlog, ensuring alignment with evolving business needs and stakeholder input
- Led roadmap planning and sprint scheduling to maximize delivery efficiency and team velocity
- Partnered with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, conduct story mapping sessions write user stories, and ensure delivery of high-impact features
- Fostered alignment between development , Design, QA and Marketing to ensure cohesive product development and go-to-market execution
- Collaborated closely with developers to create and iterate on custom applications that delivered measurable value
- Facilitated Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews and quarterly plannings.
SAFe Scrum Master( Contract)
Severn Trent
10.2021 - 03.2022
- Serve as SAFe Scrum Master, supported three Scrum teams within a SAFe Agile framework implementing Microsoft 365 dynamic
- Facilitated PI Planning, sprint events, and risk management activities for onetime delivery and goals alignment
- Utilised key performance indicators, such as Jira, and burn-down charts, velocity, key learnings to track, report and monitored progress .
- Led Agile process improvements through health checks and retrospectives to improve ways of working
- Collaborated with product owners and developers for effective backlog management which increase sprint readiness.
Scrum Master
Ndecha Tech Consulting AB
01.2019 - 08.2021
- Coached and supported cross-functional teams (Mobile, Web, Backend, and Design) in Agile methodologies.
- Led Agile training, backlog prioritisation, and roadmap planning.
- Implemented PI Planning, sprint events, and digital updates with stakeholders.
- Created structured dependency tracking and process improvement workshops.
- Mentored teams in Agile best practices, including estimation techniques.
Junior scrum master
Ikea
05.2018 - 11.2019
- Supported a single Agile squad in project delivery and Agile adoption.
- Facilitated sprint ceremonies, backlog refinement, and Agile coaching sessions.
- Tracked team progress through burn-down charts and other performance metrics, like velocity.
Junior Project Manager
MTN Cameroon
06.2015 - 01.2016
- Assisted in project planning and execution, supporting stakeholder communications, and risk management.
- Developed marketing strategies and coordinated campaign execution.
- Managed vendors' relationships, and ensured timely project delivery.
Education
Business Administration and Management -
Tomori Pál College
2018
Project Management -
Hims Buea (Higher Institute of Management Studies)
Buea, Cameroon01.2015
Professional Scrum Product Owner (2022) -
PSPO
Certified Scrum Master (2017) -
CSM
Skills
- project & Agile methodologies: SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP, SDLC, Lean, Waterfall
- Leadership & Stakeholder Management: Coaching, Conflict Resolution, Cross-team collaboration
- Process & Performance Optimization: Roadmap planning, Release Management, Risk mitigation, Quarterly Planning, Bug triage, incident management,dependency and risk management, Release and change management
- Tools & Technologies : Jira, Confluence, Miro, slack, microsoft 365, Figma, Mural, Upwave, azure devOps
- Soft Skills: Problem solving, Decision Making, Communication, Time Management
Accomplishments
- Resolved critical project blockers through proactive dependency and risk management
- Streamlined bug triage and incident resolution, reducing downtime and increase system stability
- Increased on time milestone delivery by 90% through improved roadmap alignment and risk management
- Led the implementation of DOR and DOD ensuring higher quality and alignment across teams
- Championed an Agile transformation that enhanced cross-team coordination and stakeholder management
- Successfully improved sprint velocity by 95% enabling faster feature delivery
- Conducted Agile workshops, improving team understanding of best practices and frameworks
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Product Owner/ Agile Delivery Manager
Bauer Media
01.2023 - Current
Product Owner
AND Digital
04.2022 - Current
SAFe Scrum Master( Contract)
Severn Trent
10.2021 - 03.2022
Scrum Master
Ndecha Tech Consulting AB
01.2019 - 08.2021
Junior scrum master
Ikea
05.2018 - 11.2019
Junior Project Manager
MTN Cameroon
06.2015 - 01.2016
Project Management -
Hims Buea (Higher Institute of Management Studies)
Professional Scrum Product Owner (2022) -
PSPO
Certified Scrum Master (2017) -
CSM
Business Administration and Management -
Tomori Pál College
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